An International Affairs professor at Harvard University discusses the failures of the foreign policy elite since the Bush administration and makes suggestions for a fresh approach to improve global relations and stop violent extremism. "Dissects the faults and foibles of recen…
"Around the world, citizens have lost faith in their political and economic institutions -- leading to unprecedented levels of political instability and economic volatility. From Moscow to Brussels, from Washington to Cairo, the failure of democracies and autocracies to manage t…
"From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America. With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful…
A cultural examination of the popularity and allure of the thirty-fifth president reveals how Kennedy was tailored to appeal to the public of his time, explaining how he symbolized postwar views about American masculinity. "From very early on in his career, John F. Kennedy's al…
Populistische Protestbewegungen, Gruppierungen und Parteien erhalten viel Zulauf – sie schüren antieuropäische Vorbehalte, die sich aus einem generellen Unbehagen an Politik, Staat und Medien speisen. Die Beiträge des Bandes beleuchten das unübersichtliche Terrain von Nationalis…
Populistische Protestbewegungen, Gruppierungen und Parteien erhalten viel Zulauf – sie schüren antieuropäische Vorbehalte, die sich aus einem generellen Unbehagen an Politik, Staat und Medien speisen. Die Beiträge des Bandes beleuchten das unübersichtliche Terrain von Nationalis…
Populistische Protestbewegungen, Gruppierungen und Parteien erhalten viel Zulauf - sie schüren antieuropäische Vorbehalte, die sich aus einem generellen Unbehagen an Politik, Staat und Medien speisen. Die Beiträge des Bandes beleuchten das unübersichtliche Terrain von Nationalis…
"Radical Transformation is a story about industrial civilization's impending collapse, and about the possibilities of averting this fate. Human communities first emerged as egalitarian, democratic groups that existed in symbiotic relationship with their environments. Increasing …
Das Besondere ist Trumpf, das Einzigartige wird prämiert, eher reizlos ist das Allgemeine und Standardisierte. Der Durchschnittsmensch mit seinem Durchschnittsleben steht unter Konformitätsverdacht. Das neue Maß der Dinge sind die authentischen Subjekte mit originellen Interesse…
by Grössl, Johannes, Becker, Patrick, Religiöse Pluralisierung - gesellschaftliche Polarisierung - politische Desintegration, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Kubasiak, Piotr, Junker-Kenny, Maureen, Manemann, Jürgen, Riedenauer, Markus, Nagel, Christiane, Ağuiçenoğlu, Hüseyin, Rudolph, Moritz, Mooney, Hilary A., Hoffmann, Veronika
"Running water. Electricity. Antibiotics. Dentistry. Air conditioning. Democracy. The rule of law. Such things are not only remarkably new inventions in human history, they are all alien to humanity's natural habitat. Here is what is natural: poverty, hunger, violence, tribal ha…
Deficit thinking refers to the notion that students (particularly low income, minority students) fail in school because such students and their families experience deficiencies that obstruct the learning process (e.g. limited intelligence, lack of motivation and inadequate home …
Deficit thinking refers to the notion that students (particularly low income, minority students) fail in school because such students and their families experience deficiencies that obstruct the learning process (e.g. limited intelligence, lack of motivation and inadequate home …
